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  1. Behindenemylines
    I think if the Sox make 2013 a bridge year then go with as many young players as possible and mix in players that will make the 2013 version a fun team to watch with a eye towards 2014. If they did that most Sox fans could live with that. Don't tell us that you are going to spend big in 2013 and go have way with everything and field a team that gives no hope for 2014.
  2. Behindenemylines
    We need a healthy productive season from Buchholtz. When he is on his game he is very good. He needs to be consistent, and he hasn't proven that he can be yet. Until he does he is a good middle of the rotation pitcher. To climb up to a #1 or #2 spot he has to win 15 to 20 games and consistently go deep into games. Your #1 or# 2 starters you have to be able to pencil them in at the beginning of the season for at least 15 wins and 200 innings. I don't know if we can do that with Buchholtz.
  3. Behindenemylines
    It would be nice if the Sox got lucky with one of those depth staring pitchers they sign and got a good season out of one of them. Jurjens is not to far removed from having success and it wouldn't be wrong to take a chance on him. Don't forget De La Rosa who we got in the trade from the Dodgers. If healthy you might see him in Boston by mid-season. As far as Price goes the Rays would never trade him to someone in the division. The only way the Sox could get him is as a FA, and then they would be competing with the $pankees and the Dodger$.
  4. Behindenemylines
    Sox still have major holes in several places (SP, 1B, Of, and SS if you feel Iglesias isn't ready) and the moves that have been made or are being rumored don't put the Sox in a position to make a run at the playoffs. I think if the FO wants to go with the youth and needs 2013 to be a bridge year then come out and say that. Its the saying we are going to spend for 2013 and then not seeing any action is what drives Sox fans crazy. It doesn't help that you see a lot of the other teams making moves to improve themselves.
  5. Behindenemylines
    As long as Napoli wants 4 years the Sox won't bit on that. LaRoche wants 3 years and the Nats trade for Spann ends his stay in D.C. The rumors of the Sox talking to him again are picking up.
  6. Behindenemylines
    The Sox have a lot of bull pen arms and need to set their 40 man roster so I can see them moving some. Don't know if they will get much back, but if packaged with a catcher they might be able to fill one of their holes. There will be some action in the next week in regards to this. Rumors continue that they have interest in other bullpen arms so some of the current arms will be moved.
  7. Behindenemylines
    I agree that Lester is a guarentee innings eater for the Sox. If the Sox trade Lester then 2013 is a total bridge year, and a total rebuild with youth is underway. I can't see them trading from a weakness of SP and still be competitive in 2013. SP continues to be their biggest hole. Hopefully, BC starts to fill some of the holes next week in Nashville.
  8. Behindenemylines
    Amen to that. Can't see Upton worth 15 million.
  9. Behindenemylines
    Bring back Jorge to catch, and for the open OF spot they can bring Bernie Williams back (He hasn't officially retired yet).
  10. Behindenemylines
    I got the schlub part (As Swisher surely is), but I'm a little slow so could you translate for us dim witted folk with the rest of it.
  11. Behindenemylines
    15 million a season for B.J. Upton. I can't see what the Braves see with this guy.
  12. Behindenemylines
    Just say no to the Swish! Don't need his lame act in Boston. You read every where that he can play 1B and the OF, but he is below average with the glove at both positions. He is a streaky hitter that disappears when the games are big (Look at his playoff stats).
  13. Behindenemylines
    Longoria is the face of the Rays and this is something their FO felt they had to do for their fans. I always got the feeling that Longoria liked playing in Tampa and wanted to stay there.
  14. Behindenemylines
    On a one year contract I would take him over Swisher any day. If you can get him for one year at big $$$$ he fills RF for 2013, and by that time the kids will be ready.
  15. Behindenemylines
    Not sold on Swisher, plus he is asking for a lot more then C Ross and is he that much of an improvement? No!
  16. Behindenemylines
    If this is the case the J Reddick trade is looking better and better, not!
  17. Behindenemylines
    Lester is a lefty, home grown, and still young with a lot of bullets left in his arm. I'm not moving him unless its in a package to Seattle for King Felix. We have been complaining that the Sox have no starting pitching and we are going to trade one of the few we have. Besides the name that the KC media brought up was Wil Myers. He is a corner outfielder with power and at best an average fielder. Not someone you trade a proven starting pitcher for.
  18. Behindenemylines
    The Sox have no starters right now that don't have questions about how they will produce in 2013. Both Lester and Buchholtz are not consistent, Doubront is young and his innings have to be watched, and who knows about Lackey. That is why SP scares the crap out of me. We don't know what we are going to get.
  19. Behindenemylines
    Both the Ross and Gomes signings are short term and set up platoons at two positions because neither is a full time player, and if used that way their production will suffer. Ross is by far the best catcher calling a game and throwing out runners that is on the roster. Gomes is platoon OF who hits lefties. Both are good in the clubhouse and have short contracts that won't stand in the way of youth coming up through the system.
  20. Behindenemylines
    We are talking about top of the rotation pitchers. The $panks go CC, Kuroda and Pettite at the top of the rotation. Nova hit the wall at the end of last season and I don't think the Yanks know what they will get from him. Hughes is probably their number 4 at this point and has enjoyed some success. Joba and Robertson are relief pitchers, and Phelps may get a shot at number 5 if the $panks have injuries. I think Hughes is the closest they have come to recently having a young STARTER come up through the system. Otherwise they have gone outside the organization for established starters.
  21. Behindenemylines
    I agree that the Sox need an ace that will pitch 200+ innings and will consistenly pitch late into games. We don't currently have one and its why the current staff as is probably the weakest in the AL East.
  22. Behindenemylines
    Gomes has a personality that would have fit into the 2004 Sox club house. The Sox had some success with that and need some good character guys that seem to be well liked by their teammates. Gomes is a platoon player and he knows he is.
  23. Behindenemylines
    I know the Jays had a ton of injuries with their starters last year and it maybe hard to gage Farrell's use of the pen. You would think as a former pitcher this would be something he has more success with.
  24. Behindenemylines
    The hot stove rumors all always flying around. There are things that agents leak to the media if they think it may help their client. I have learned not to believe all of these things floating around and just wait until multiple sources report that player X has signed. Maybe Napoli does want to play in Boston and is using this to get a fourth year, or maybe he does have interest in Seattle. I think we will have a better idea in two weeks after the winter meetings.
  25. Behindenemylines
    I do think that we have to get more innings from the starters because it is a drain on the bullpen to pitch as much as they do. We also need to have the key arms in the pen pitch up to their abilities. The arms are there in the pen if not over used to have some success. The starting rotation still has holes in it and needs to be strengthened. What was Farrell track record in using the pen in Toronro?
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